Labor Members of Knesset (MKs) Gilad Kariv and Naama Lazimi announced on Sunday that they support former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan as the party’s next leader. The endorsement signals Kariv and Lazimi’s support for Golan’s plan to merge Labor into a larger party that will include supporters of the left-wing party … Read more
Israeli ministers and Knesset members gave statements to the press as they cast their votes in municipal elections on Tuesday.Opposition leader and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid in Tel Aviv expressed his support for former Yesh Atid minister Orna Barbivay, who is running against incumbent mayor Ron Huldai.He called her “the greatest manager I … Read more
Minister-without-portfolio and National Unity chairman MK Benny Gantz, opposition leader and centrist Yesh Atid party chairman MK Yair Lapid, Labor chairwoman MK Merav Michaeli, and other Israeli politicians blasted National Security Minister MK Itamar Ben-Gvir’s comment to The Wall Street Journal on Sunday that former US president Donald Trump would have been more beneficial … Read more
